I was hired by a company as a 1099 Independent Contractor. When hired, I also had to sign a non-compete convenant. Is the non-compete enforceable?

A non-compete agreement can be enforced against an independent contractor.  However, non-competes are looked at skeptically by the Courts (and are almost completely barred in Cal.), and many are held to be unenforceable, in whole or in part, based on a variety of factors, including their geographical and temporal breadth, the activities prohibited, the industry, the employee's job and exposure to both customers and proprietary information, the consideration received by the employee (or independent contractor) for signing the non-compete, the time and money expended by the employer to train the employee or independent contractor, etc. etc. etc.